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Case Reports
. 1979 Jun 16;1(12):550.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb127061.x.

Indomethacin-induced hyperkalaemia

E P MacCarthy, G W Frost, G S Strokes
Case Reports

Indomethacin-induced hyperkalaemia

E P MacCarthy et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

A patient with mild chronic renal failure developed significant hyperkalaemia while receiving indomethacin therapy. The hyperkalaemia, which was reversed by discontinuing indomethacin, is attributed to a drug-induced defect in the cellular uptake of potassium.

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